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Bay Area rapper denies allegations that he beat and sexually assaulted woman

By Ryan Chalk, Vacaville Reporter

Posted:
11/21/2013 10:29:55 AM PST

Updated:
11/21/2013 10:31:31 AM PST

A Bay Area rapper took the witness stand on Wednesday in Solano County Superior Court during his trial on accusations that he inflicted a beating and sexual assault on a Vacaville woman last year.

Steven N. Davison, 38, countered testimony from the woman who said that Davison had invited her over to his Vacaville apartment on July 2, 2012 where the assault took place. Inside the apartment, the woman testified that the two became intimate, but soon Davison began punching her in the head and kicked her numerous times.

The victim, according to testimony, received stitches on her forehead and inside her mouth as a result. Photographs shown to the jury depicted the extent of her injuries, including bruises to her arms and face.

Davison, however, testified that the woman, who he had previously been in a relationship with, was upset over seeing another woman's belongings inside the apartment. Also, his heavy drinking throughout the day, didn't allow him to perform sexually, further upsetting his guest.

Davison said that it was while the woman was trying to perform a sexual act on him that he felt a sharp pain in his groin, causing him to strike her once or twice and kick her.

"I just reacted to the pain," Davison testified.

"I didn't know what I was striking out at," he added.

According to the victim, Davison punched her as many as ten times and told her that if she screamed, he was going to "kick her face in."

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Davison's testimony came in sharp contrast to what the victim previously described for the jury as the events of the night she ran from his apartment, unclothed and bleeding from her head.Davison, who also left the apartment shortly after the incident, recalled seeing police officers, including one who banged on the window of the car he was driving, to "stop."He described the events as a "bad dream."

Previous police testimony indicated that an officer pursued Davison's vehicle, which sped through several red lights at high speed before getting away.

Davison testified that he eventually turned himself in after talking to his probation officer and learned the severity of the charges he was facing.

On cross-examination, Chief Deputy District Attorney Terry Ray questioned him about that conversation.Davison testified that he "possibly" told the probation officer that he wasn't at the apartment at the time of the incident and someone else was behind the wheel of the car that night.

Davison also testified that he didn't have a good recollection, then, or now, of what happened that night.